--------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Suakin | — | — |For the first 25 miles the track | | |is well defined, and leads over | | |hard ground never more than a mile | | |or two from the sea shore. During | | |the next 6 miles it changes in | | |character, and for the last 25 | | |miles leads through bushes and | | |over sandhills, the tracks varying | | |according to the season and the | | |difficulties (drifting sand, &c.) | | |to be encountered. There is no | | |water to be had on the way. A | | |telegraph line leads direct from | | |Suakin to Tokar, but does not | | |always follow the best road. | | | | | |Leaving Suakin in a S.S.E. | | |direction, the track is broad and | | |distinct, passing over hard, sandy | | |ground, with a few bushes 1 to 3 | | |feet high. | | | Khor Gwob | 7½ | 7½ |Crosses broad Khor Gwob. | | | | 3 | 10½ |Track now 5 to 10 feet broad, | | |approaches sea shore, then bears | | |away again. Near this point (4 | | |hours from Suakin) there are | | |reported to have been some wells | | |in 1885; water 6 feet down and | | |brackish, hardly ever used. | | | | 2 | 12 |Saw some trees due east, halfway | | |to the sea; said to be _wells of | | |Helub_. Water bitter, and but | | |little used.